More than 50 teams take to the fields at Prairie Island Softball Complex this weekend for USA Softball Men’s C Slow Pitch Nationals.

The top six finishers from last year’s tournament are not in the 2019 field, and Silverbacks, out of Inver Grove Heights, is the highest returning placewinner from 2018, when they finished tied for seventh. There are 56 teams in the 2019 field.

The double-elimination tournament starts with afternoon games Friday, Aug. 30, and runs through Sunday night. The winner’s bracket final is 3:30 p.m. Sunday, and the loser’s bracket final is set for 4:45 p.m. Sunday, with the championship to follow at 6 p.m. If necessary, a second title game will be played at 7:15 p.m.